Ecdysis

Ecdysis

Coiled, my skin warms

under harp-string-rays on

roadside sand

I have been growing…

gains hard won by 

bitter things swallowed whole

Sharpened rocks speed the process

graying skin pulled clear—I

have become reddened

I feel every split. 

Author: Amber Stango

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Photo Credit:  Aziz Acharki on Unsplash